nano 2008-08-07 08:21
PhD studentship: Direct simulations of laser plasma interactions
At The Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics (CFSA),
Field(s): accelerator physics, applied physics, atomic physics, biophysics, computational physics, condensed matter, high-energy physics, laser physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics, theoretical physics
Application deadline: Dec 31 (Wed), 2008
Submitted: Jul 13, 2008
Contact: Tony Arber
E-mail: [email]dr2rao@gmail.com[/email]
Job description: The Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics (CFSA) in the University of Warwick Physics Department offers a fully-funded PhD position in high performance computing.
This is a 4 year position consisting of a 1 year MSc (at the University of Warwick) in high performance computing combined with a 3 year PhD.
The research projects undertaken for the PhD deal with the area of magnetic confinement nuclear fusion and laser plasma interactions. Details on these projects can be found below.
For more information contact Dr. Tony Arber ([email]dr2rao@gmail.com[/email])
Modern high power lasers are capable of driving fusion reactions, accelerating electrons and protons and generating extreme states of matter for astrophysics.
For the intensities common in many modern systems the physical processes which dominate laser plasma interactions are often kinetic, relativistic and non-linear thus requiring direct numerical simulations. This can be either through directly solving for the multi-dimensional distribution function or by following the dynamics of many millions of individual particles.
The research undertaken in this project will look at algorithm development for these laser plasma simulations, their implementation on parallel computers and of course their application to problems of immediate interest to the laser plasma community.
Funding Notes
Applicants should have a first or upper second class honours degree.
Full funding will be available to All applicants on merit.